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UCLA's school-record 28th regular-season victory was in jeopardy until the end. The Bruins trailed by four with 31 seconds left, then freshman Kevin Love hit a 3-pointer off an inbounds pass from Darren Collison to make it 80-79.

Cal's Ryan Anderson was stripped in the left corner by Russell Westbrook, and the Bruins got it to Shipp, who was falling out of bounds when he put up a one-handed floater along the right baseline.

"Lucky I play H-O-R-S-E," Shipp said. "It was definitely a desperation shot. I've never seen anything like that. It's one of those movie shots."

Whether the shot was legal sparked debate.

NCAA Rule 7, Section 1, Article 3 states, "The ball shall be out of bounds when it passes over the backboard from any direction."

Bill McCabe, the Pac-10 supervisor of officials who attended, said he spoke to the officiating crew of Dave Libbey, Don McAlister and Tom Wood. "The officials said it was too close to call," he said.

Cal coach Ben Braun and his team were more angry a foul wasn't called during Westbrook's steal.

ARIZ. ST. 77, OREGON ST. 64: The host Beavers became the first team to go winless in the Pac-10.

CONFERENCE FINALS: Belmont reached its third straight NCAA Tournament with a 79-61 win over Jacksonville for the Atlantic Sun championship in Nashville. Also in Nashville, Austin Peay earned its sixth NCAA berth by beating Tennessee State 82-64 for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament title. And Michael Jenkins tied a Big South title-game record with 33 points as Winthrop beat host UNC Asheville 66-48 for its fourth straight title.